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Date:      Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:31:09 -0600
From:      Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP 2.5 TESTERS: New FreeBSD GNOME Devel FAQ
Message-ID:  <opr0ygd7v28ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1072722106.762.20.camel@gyros>
References:  <1072720635.762.17.camel@gyros> <opr0yfm4ci8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <1072722106.762.20.camel@gyros>

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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:21:46 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> 
wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 13:14, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:57:15 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke 
>> <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Adam and I have cranked out an FAQ on tracking the GNOME Development
>> > branches.  Here we're including common questions and known issues.  If
>> > you're testing 2.5, you should definitely check it out.  If you have
>> > items to add to the known issues section, please let us know.  Thanks.
>> >
>> > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html
>>
>> Looks good! I think, add FAQ of upgrade from 2.4.x to 2.5.x and/or new
>> update of glib, gtk and pango 2.5.x is good idea. I usually do the
>> 'portupgrade -rf glib-2\*' and it works very well in my case so far. How
>> about someone has the different way?
>
> I plan on writing a script for the 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrade.  There are some
> gotchas that "portupgrade -rf glib-2\*" doesn't handle (e.g. libxml2,
> scrollkeeper, etc., plus updating gnomevfs2 again after updating
> libgnome).

Very nice, thanks for your work to plan on write a script of upgrade. I 
think, Gnome team do really need to start to think of make the things 
easier to upgrade in future. Gnome isn't easy to upgrade compare to the 
other DEs.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Joe
>
>>
>> > Joe


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